Harmel Academy of the Trades is a post-secondary institution where men learn how to become technical experts in a skilled trade, while also being personally developed in their Catholic faith. Located on the campus of Kuyper College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, this residential trade school for men combines proven methods of training and development, using the latest technological strategies, with an educational program that forms the entire person. Students leave Harmel with not only job training, but life and spiritual training as well.
Education for the Entire Man
- Machine & Systems Technology
- Electrician Program
- Humanities Curriculum
- Community of Workmen
Harmel Academy is a residential college hosted on the campus of Kuyper College in Grand Rapids, MI. Students live in the dorms and attend classes and labs on campus. Other activities, including sports, library use, and dining are shared with Kuyper students.
Harmel Academy in the News
Why virtue matters in the trades
Catholic Men’s Trade Academy to open for classes in Grand Rapids by Fall 2020 – FOX17 West Michigan
A Very Special School Teaches Trades to Young Catholic Men – Inside the Vatican
Rare Grand Rapids college combines skilled trades with Catholic curriculum – Detroit Free Press
One-of-a-Kind Mechanical Trade School Helps Students Grow through Faith and Humanities
New Catholic trade schools are sprouting up across the country — Here are four
‘A Movement of the Holy Spirit’: Affordable Catholic Trade Schools Flourish
A Rise in Hyperspecialized Catholic Colleges and Trade Schools
Tech School Training Seeing a Resurgence, in Catholic Schools as Well
Working Man Podcast
Working Man is the official podcast of Harmel Academy of the Trades, a Catholic, residential trade school in Grand Rapids, MI. Their mission is to share the Catholic Church’s teaching on the human enterprise of work and to provide to the Church and to the world men of integrity, formed in holiness, skilled in their trade, who stand in solidarity with one another and with Christ.
